Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:48:29 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 20:31:16, Kevin Strickland wrote: >Seeing as how many think that the name World Championship is out of sorts I will >bite and change the title. Bruce Moreland came up with it in another post here >and I actually like it. With that said here is a little something more to chew >on. > >1. What is the preferred time control? > >a) 40/2 >b) G/90 >c) 60/2 >d) Something else. ( Please state ) With a bazillion entrants you will need a fixed time, I think. Probably G/90 which is what FIDE uses now, I think. Tragic, but nobody wants to play at 40/2 any more, and a huge number of entrants would make for quite a tree, even with accelerated swiss. You might have to divide in pools or something. The problem with x moves in y hours is that the games can go on and on. It makes for the best chess, but it also means that the games could theoretically go on for hours and hours. I think for a world championship, it should be a round robin between the best participants at 40/2, but for an open a faster time control is fine. > >Please remember the more rounds the better. I prefer the G/90. > >2. Authors must attend. I agree operators are fine but the fact remains people >won't come if it is all operators. > >3. What is the preferred month of play next year. I like August. Please state >your best time to play. > >4. If I were to get a sponsor to cover the airfare of some of the participants, >what number should I be shooting for? > >a) 5 >b) 10 >c) ?? ( Name the number ) I would let the dollars dictate. A bunch of money will be needed for whatever administrative costs there are also. So if you can get sponsorship good enough to fly 100 people, then fly 100. If you can fly 4, then fly 4. >5. Each participant will have the choice to be involved in the "Guest Speaker" >section. This was brought up by Robert Hyatt where a programmer would tell >something weird or ironic about their beasts. I liked the idea of it, so let's >run with it. Time limit will be 7 mins per entrant, 3 mins Q&A. I would have a sign up for this, so you can figure out who wants to participate. >6. Beer is a must. Maybe some scotch :) > >7. I will attempt to get the event sanctioned by the ICCA. > >Anything else I should be addressing here? > >Kevin.
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